List of Abstracts 2018: SESSION D - CROSS-FUNCTIONAL LOGISTICS AND SUPPLY CHAIN DRIVERS
Date: December 4, 2018
Innovation and innovativeness both play important roles in managing business organisations. Innovation implementation and absorption could be crucial for managing the logistics companies. These companies are extremely sensitive to all of the possible changes. In the paper author focuses on the analysis of potential innovation to be introduced into the organization. Research is based on the literature review and data analysis for the years 2010-2017. This allows for predictions and to propose a theoretical model that can be verified in existing organizations.
The problem of ensuring the continuity of the product’s flow across whole supply chains and networks be-come more and more important. Quality standards recommends to use founded on the concept of risk-based thinking supplier selection process, which shall include an assessment of the selected supplier’s risk to product conformity and uninterrupted supply of the organization’s product to their customers. Therefore, each organization must cascade all applicable requirements down the whole supply chain, which requires the use of special methods. The aim of this paper is to propose a method of supply risk assessment, based on expert knowledge and the FTA methodology. The most important difference between this concept and existing solutions is that the uncertainty of the risk assessment is taken into account, with the use of possibility measures and fuzzy reasoning.
The growing number of events that are qualified as mass events has become the basis for the creation of certain schemes/models enabling the proper and safe implementation of such projects. As a point of view, assuming that logistics is an important component of management, creating opportunities to implement management functions in accordance with the 7R concept. Thus, it can be the basis for considerations related to the organization of mass events. The aim of the article is to present a logistic approach to the process of organizing a mass event in Polish conditions. It should be borne in mind that individual countries create their own regulations regarding mass events, the aim of which is to ensure safety for all participants of this type of undertaking and to minimize the negative impact on the environment. The subject of consideration are mass events that are not football games or sporting events. In addition to the classic elements of logistic processes, locational factors are also very important for the effectiveness and efficiency of operations. The use of a logistic approach is related to the development of a flowchart. The presented question path, which is a component of the decision-making process, allows, using a decision tree, to organize processes and activities and to make a decision regarding the notification of a given undertaking as a mass event. This decision has significant consequences regarding submission to legal, administrative and organizational regulations resulting from it, which thus affect the shape of logistic processes. The article was based on the analysis of documents and case study, as well as participant observation and interviews. Performing by the authors of organizational functions as part of mass events and undertakings of the nature of mass artistic and entertainment events was an important contribution to the writing of the article.
In 1997, a flood occurred in Poland covering a large area of the country. It was called the flood of the millennium. There was a lack of effective coordination, especially in the field of logistics. This resulted in the creation of a crisis management system in Poland in 2007, which was verified during the flood in 2010. The aim of the article is to present the changes in logistics management on the example of the floods that occurred in Poland in the years 1997 and 2010. The authors, in 2010-2015, applied quality methods in the form of interviews with experts in the field of crisis management (47). In addition, they analyzed the legal provisions and documentation in the field of crisis management applicable to the services responsible for homeland security.
International military exercises are an important element of NATO's operation. Their organization and implementation is related to the observance of numerous standards and regulations whose task is to strengthen the system of cooperation and command and to eliminate barriers and potential threats. Special tasks in the HNS system are entrusted to logistics that creates opportunities for effective implementation of tasks and overcoming space-time barriers. Attention should be paid to the wide variety of these tasks at both the strategic level as well as the operational or tactical level. Their proper identification is a factor significantly affecting the implementation of cooperation between allied armies, as well as between the military and civilian environments. The aim of the article is to present HNS regulations and their consequences for the identification and implementation of tasks in the sphere of physical flows related to international military exercises. The article is based on the analysis of formal and legal documents and information obtained from the national HNS system.
The article discusses the basic principles of administrative responsibility for violations of the provisions of the Polish Act of September 6, 2001. about road transport. They were included in art. 92a of the said Act. Administrative responsibility is a specific form of liability, because it is caused by the control body itself finding a violation of obligations imposed on the entrepreneur by Community regulations and national law (in this case of road transport) and is not based on the principle of guilt. The entity that is primarily responsible is the entrepreneur performing road transport of persons or goods, or (to a lesser extent) other entities indicated in the Act. The administrative penalty imposed in this mode is not fiscal but preventive - penal. Its basic purpose is to ensure compliance with regulations concerning the performance of road transport, and more specifically preventing the occurrence of infringements.
The aim of this study was propose a system that increase the reliability of the supply chain using the rail mode of transport. Such system will reduce delays in a supply chain where a train is use as a means of transport. In paper, rail vehicles delays were identified as the main problem in the break of the supply chain. Such situation can be caused, among others, by the immobilization of the locomotive on the route due to damage of locomotive pantograph. The paper presents the scale of the problem related to damages of the pantograph - overhead contact line (OCL) system, and gives the overview of currently existing systems, which are used to diagnose the condition of a pantograph - OCL system. In the paper authors present the existing systems used by railway carriers. The target was to identify the benefits of implemented systems and find the gap and possibilities to improve the diagnostic system to reduce the rail delays and cost of the current collectors’ services. For this purpose, there was conducted simulation to compared two variants of a rail transport - with and without proposed system. Performed review, shows that there is no system, which can support decisions about technical operations and service of a pantograph. Based on the developed method described in this paper, it is possible to create the system, which will support decisions about pantograph sliding strip replacement Simulation results shows that application of the proposed system will enable reduction of train delays, which will significantly affect the reliability of the supply chain.
The paper focuses on the safety of railway transport and the possibility of a risk appearance in a supply chain using rail vehicles as a mode of transport. The rail transport plays a significant role in the international market for goods forwarding and transportation. In this paper, authors present own model used to predict the probability of cargo theft. In the mining and metallurgical industry, adequate protection and securing the transported cargo is extremely important. In the Silesia - industrial region of Poland, every year there are over one thousand cases of theft. The cost of such incidents is higher than one million euro per year. The railway security guards use a low-cost method to make cargo harder to steal or use the newest technology like drone monitoring system to help find the theft cargo and catch the thieves. In this paper, authors present the method which uses factors, such as the type of cargo, type of wagons, distance, delays, train speed and others, to predict the possibilities of theft during each transport case. This method can be used to develop a support system to plan the area of drone monitoring and security control of the rail line infrastructure. The presented method uses Artificial Neural Networks (ANN) as the core of the support system. The developed model can be also used to support decisions about additional cargo insurance for high risk of theft cases. This method is based on the latest data of disruptions in the supply chain, which allow appropriate response to supply chain disruptions in order to minimize losses and costs associated with losses.
The aim of the article is to present national structures of Contact Points that implement HNS tasks resulting from membership in NATO on the example of Poland. For logistic tasks, information flows between particular full-time and non-partisan PKs of armed forces and non-military structures are of particular importance. They determine the type, direction, time and size of physical and human flows in the implementation of the tasks of the host state. Their proper functioning and cooperation, especially in the formal and legal area, are important for the implementation of goals and tasks. The article was based on the analysis of formal and legal documents and normative acts dedicated to the military and civil sphere as well as data obtained as a result of research conducted in the national HNS structures.
Date: December 5, 2018
Industrial clusters plays important role in the development of regional and national economies. The main goal of the paper is identification and presentation of the main features of clusters in logistics sector in Poland. For the analysis the data from nationwide analysis of cluster in Poland carried out in 2015 was utilised. On the base of this information we can compare logistics clusters and clusters in other sectors in Poland. Based on these studies we can observe that the basic motivation for cooperation in clusters is to undertake joint projects and implement innovations. The activities of logistics clusters in Poland were compared with the activities of selected european clusters.
The paper discusses the issue of sustainable development of corporate reputation, specifically the issue of traditional and innovative approaches to reputation management. The main objective is to present the accessible ways and approaches of measuring the reputation, especially online reputation, as the current challenge for responsible and sustainable development of perceived image of subjects, as their very fragile intangible assets. The research sample was represented by the top 15 Largest transport and logistics companies in the Slovak market, selected on the basis of TREND ranking and sorted according to the revenues for the last completed financial year. Primary analysis was carried out by our own methodology. The control measurements were performed within the analysis with an aim to identify and describe relevant connections and variables for a subsequent proposal and presentation of an affordable and useful tool to measure online reputation in a turbulent environment of the Internet. The connections identified on this significant sample form the basis for formulating accurate and relevant findings and thus providing an overall and full glance on the matter of the sustainable development of corporate reputation primary in the field of supply chain management, secondary, in all relevant fields of business.
Transport policy is one of the basic tools shaping the transport system in the country. Transport is a particularly important area of economy which affects the formation of the quality of life of the whole society, has a huge impact on the natural environment, and at the same time is a special element of integration of the member countries of the European Union. This area has long been covered by comprehensive planning activities, undertaken both at the level of the European Union and at the level of the Member States. The effects of these activities are transport development strategies and programs, transport programs covering particular fields of transport (road transport, air transport and water transport), as well as detailed regulations related to selected issues. At the European level, transport policy is shaped primarily in primary law. In the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, a common transport policy was identified, and then its goals and means were determined. Secondary law is a huge number of documents of various nature: regulations, directives, decisions, resolutions, recommendations, opinions, recommendations. European transport policy is also shaped by some documents that are not binding, in particular by the so-called green and white books. In Poland, different categories of documents also appear at the national level. Prospects for transport development are set out in the Transport Development Strategy. This document indicates current transport weaknesses limiting development opportunities, and then proposes directions of intervention to limit these weaknesses. The next planning document is the State Transport Policy which assumes an improvement of the quality of the transport system and its development in accordance with the principles of sustainable development. The purpose of the article is to establish the legal basis for shaping the state's transport policy and to indicate the current conditions of this policy.
Although programming in logic never became mainstream paradigm, it is still used and researched. The most known LP language is Prolog. Several implementations of Prolog are available, both free and commercial. Therefore, it can be used in both small companies, as well as in larger corporations. One of many applications of Prolog can be tasks management in projects. The paper presents a formal model of tasks management, as a scheduling problem. In the model, tasks, precedence constraints, estimated duration times and available resources (employees) are taken into consideration. Corresponding program scheme in the Prolog language is also presented. Although the model is simplified, it can be easily extended to cover more complex cases. The model is then used to solve example problems. To prove its correctness, a simple example is used, with two different teams of employees. One team is composed of dedicated employees, and the other one of employees able to perform any task. To test limitations of the model, mainly in terms of computation time, examples with much larger number of tasks are used. The results show, that Prolog is a reliable tool for such type of problems, especially for teams of dedicated employees.
Logistics services are closely connected with customer’s satisfaction in e-commerce environment and logistics processes management significantly influences e-customer service quality. The development of online channels is connected with a similar evolution of companies’ logistics systems. The paper aims to identify the factors that influence e-customer satisfaction related with Logistic Service Quality (LSQ) from B2C perspective. E-commerce business models, modern distribution channels and management tools that facilitate a continuous improvement in e-customer logistics service have been presented. The paper identifies and analyzes the most common models and methods for measuring e-service quality applied in B2C e-commerce. A literature review is primarily used to determine the conceptual model and to develop the measurement scales. Data were collected through online questionnaire survey conducted among Polish customers. This paper provides empirical results as regards the impact of LSQ and its elements as potential drivers for customer satisfaction from the B2C perspective in Poland. Statistical analysis was used to analyze the collected data and test the proposed research hypotheses. The results revealed that all the operational dimensions of LSQ evaluated in the study influenced customers’ satisfaction in e-commerce. The results indicate that both e-service quality and logistics service quality are strongly connected with customer satisfaction. The research results show that e-retailers should not only focus on e-service quality, but also the logistics service quality. The study recommends that the determinants identified in this research are employed by e-commerce companies, which will improve quality of their logistic processes and aid them in serving their customers effectively.
The work of small non-manufacturing employee teams is becoming more and more crucial for achieving organization goals. Since the teams function as complex social groups, it is necessary to understand the complexities of teamwork dynamics and their impact on the effectiveness of teams and the organization as a whole. The management of organization plays a vital role in successful implementation of the principles of teamwork dynamics into the organization processes and their effective management. Management dictates the most important and strategic aspects of teamwork such as the team management style, the degree of team autonomy, team composition methods, the coordination strategy of different teams and the most important rules of team behaviour.
Depending on circumstances and the type of organization, the logistic teams can represent some of the most important teams inside the organization. While many principles, rules and methods used during teamwork processes are universal and can improve teamwork in all the types of non-manufacturing teams, the unique nature of logistic teams requires certain modifications and specialization of team management processes. The main goal of this paper is to present the most common and widely used theoretical frameworks of teamwork and teamwork dynamics, confront them with the unique nature of logistic teams and suggest how to modify it to these special conditions.
Characteristic of today's tactical operations is used on a large scale of various military equipment, which is characterized by a high degree of technical sophistication and complicated construction. Under the current conditions, achieving and maintaining success in combat is connected with the necessity of securing and supporting appropriate technical execution potential, guaranteeing them to perform maintenance tasks, reconnaissance tasks, evacuation tasks and technical supply, in such a way that unlicensed equipment can return to the grouping and be used again in fight.
Correct use of the evacuation and repair potential requires precise data on: the health of the crew; the degree of damage to the equipment; the scope of necessary corrective actions necessary to restore its technical suitability, approaches and surroundings with damaged equipment. Obtaining the necessary information is possible thanks to the activities undertaken as part of technical reconnaissance. Solutions should be sought that will enable technical operations to be carried out on as many damaged equipment as possible in the shortest possible time and distribution of information to the appropriate components of the technical security system in order to make the best use of their executive potential. New possibilities in the field of technical reconnaissance are offered by the development of various types of unmanned aerial vehicles, whose role in many armies is constantly growing. In the leading allied armies, the development of unmanned combat and support systems is one of the strategic priorities for the development of armed forces.
Acquiring the military equipment military forces must ensure their effective exploitation in conditions of peace, crisis and war. This means the acquisition of specific complex technical systems together with indispensable subsystems to support their operation and maintenance (O&M) for at least 30 years (in the case of military combat vehicles). These support subsystems include specific elements of the structure of the logistics package, which should be rationally tailored to the O&M phase of the life cycle of military equipment. The problem of determining the structure of a logistics package, which has a significant share in the cost of purchasing the entire military systems must be based on a rational, integrated selection of its components. There is a lack of studies aforementioned issues in which the methodology for tailoring a logistics package both in a general way and dedicated to military vehicles is described. The basic research method used in this study is based on critical analysis of available publications, which made it possible to determine the basic structure of the logistics package dedicated to military vehicles. Findings of this analysis indicate that only an integral approach to determining the structure of the logistics package, intended for military vehicles, can ensure its rational selection. The basic elements of an integrated logistics package should contain: product support management, pro-efficient design, procurement, maintenance, storage and transport management, technical data, training equipment, personnel (users and maintainers) and infrastructure.
Transportation is one of the major factors influencing progressive global warming effect. To decrease the impact, different energy sources are being explored. The following study considers the experiment of Lodz Solar Team - group of students from Lodz University of Technology in Poland - on an implementation of photovoltaic panels in two prototypes of electric cars, during years 2014-2018. Driving tests were conducted on 2 routes: for 3022 km in Australia and 2817 km in South Africa. Performance results of created projects have proved them to be suitable for everyday use. Development of infrastructure for electric cars and usage of solar energy in other means of transportation as airplanes and trains can be seen as a positive feedback for this technology.